Read Plowden only with a grain of salt. She is not a trained historian (she was a BBC scriptwriter). Her work is entertaining, but often not very factual. I'd recommend any general survey work by David Starkey. He is an Oxford professor (so he is factually accurate), writes in a relaxed and easy style, and is quite popular (as historians go). Good starting basic textbooks include Roger Lockyer's "Tudor and Stuart Britain," John Guy's "The Tudor Age," or Susan Brigden's newer "Lost Worlds, New Worlds."
Read Plowden only with a grain of salt. She is not a trained historian (she was a BBC scriptwriter). Her work is entertaining, but often not very factual. I'd recommend any general survey work by David Starkey. He is an Oxford professor (so he is factually accurate), writes in a relaxed and easy style, and is quite popular (as historians go). Good starting basic textbooks include Roger Lockyer's "Tudor and Stuart Britain," John Guy's "The Tudor Age," or Susan Brigden's newer "Lost Worlds, New Worlds."
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